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Venues Café, Casual Dining Restaurant in Carefree, AZ, Offers Exceptional New Wine Selections

Carefree, AZ - December 3, 2011

Carefree restaurant, Venues Café, is pleased to announce their new wine list, featuring a selection of premium and hard-to-find wines. Venues has added Duckhorn 2010 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc and La Crema 2009 Chardonnay to round out their carefully chosen white wine selections. The Duckhorn Sauvignon Blanc is characterized by rich aromas of pineapple, guava, peach and lemon zest; with crisp flavors of lemon meringue, grapefruit, pear and flint. For those who prefer notes of toasted oak, vanilla and caramel, the La Crema Chardonnay is beautifully aromatic, citrus-laced and layered. Sip one of these delicious vintages with Venues’ imported Brie Crusted with Hazelnuts, Grilled Salmon Sandwich or Chicken Artichoke Pasta with Alfredo Sauce, Parmesan, Fettuccine and Fresh Basil.

Red wine lovers will enjoy the smooth blackberry and dark chocolate notes of the 2005 Far Niente Estate Cabernet Sauvignon recently added to the Carefree restaurant’s wine list. Venues selected this vintage for its layered complexity.

Venues is also extremely excited to offer its Carefree restaurant guests the highly sought-after Cayuse Vineyards "God Only Knows" 2008 Grenache and Cailloux 2008 Syrah. These two varietals of Cayuse wines are available exclusively at Venues. The Walla Walla vineyard has a devoted following and consistently receives the highest ratings from wine experts from Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate and Seattle Metropolitan. Cayuse wines combine the French Heritage of winemaker, Christophe Baron, with sophisticated organic and biodynamic farming techniques to produce wines that are available in limited quantity only to selected restaurants and shops and those on a waiting list of at least one year.

The Cayuse Grenache was awarded 97 points by Jay Miller of Wine Advocate, and is described as a "silky, complex, beautifully proportioned wine". The Cayuse Syrah is "polished, refined in structure and exuberant in flavor, bursting with cherry, smoke, paprika and tar character, finishing with a mineral edge," according to Harvey Steiman of Wine Spectator. This wine was also rated Number 1 by Seattle Metropolitan magazine. Enjoy one of Venues’ red wine selections with Cioppino Pasta (Fish, Crab, Mussels, Clams and Spicy Tomato Sauce) or Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Potato & Squash Saute, and Spinach essence.

Venues Café in Carefree, AZ is open 7 days a week and offers an upscale American Bistro menu that pairs beautifully with their wine selections. The casual dining atmosphere features the rugged sophistication of wood, stone, brick and copper finishes; offering guests the choice of dining at the bar, by the fireplace or on the patio in the charming town of Carefree, AZ. Additionally, Venues Café offers Sunday brunch, live events and happy hours.